Key information
Decision type: Mayor
Reference code: MD1272
Date signed:
Decision by: Boris Johnson, Former Mayor of London (May 2008 - May 2016)
Executive summary
Since last reporting to the Investment & Performance Board on 20 November 2012 and obtaining Mayoral authority to proceed with the London Super-Connected Cities Plan (SCCP) on 12 December 2012, officers have been working intensively with Broadband Delivery UK Limited (BDUK – Government investment vehicle to drive the SCCP programme across UK) who are managing the Urban Broadband Fund (UBF) on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Changes in European Commission broadband guidelines, other UK cities’ experience of similar schemes and DCMS’s resulting modification of the UBF and the BDUK UBF assurance programme have led to the need to revise the scope of the SCCP. This entails a move from a four-strand, supplied-led scheme for the installation of infrastructure to two-strands: a demand-led SME voucher scheme & a public Wi-Fi scheme.
Signed decision document
MD1272 SCCP (signed) PDF.pdf
Supporting documents
MD1272 SCCP PDF.pdf